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Worshipful Master James G. Carey

 

 

 

I am going where vestigial symbols were born, where the innocence, beauty and intelligence of humankind prevail over genres and chimeras of utter fear and devastation. I am going to the place with neither manipulation nor deception: a place of strength without fear.

At the inception of an age old symbols are destroyed as false idols and replaced with new symbols. When Moses gave The Law he forbade the worship of the calf. The calf is a symbol of Taurus. The age of Moses is the age of Aries. This is why orthodox Jews still blow the Rams horn. The age of Christ is the Piscean Age. Now, at the dawn of Aquarius, the difficult transition to new symbols must begin. Reality will be painted in new and eldritch colors to be sure, but the game remains the same.

It is useless to argue all day about religious dogma or politics; fraud and graft; murder or abandonment. I cannot ask all the right questions to transcend the painful vile selfishness pitifully supplied as lame answers, anyway. It is so easy to become lost or discouraged, with sagacity and wit rendered useless: distracted, worried, annoyed, insulted, and betrayed.

 

James Carey

 

Years fly by as wispy veils of lies are revealed, alone the rivetingly simple clarity of gratitude and love remain true. Letting go is not the same as giving up, reminding me of the poem:

"From the torrent, or the fountain,
From the red cliff of the mountain,
From the sun that 'round me roll'd
In its autumn tint of gold
From the lightening in the sky
As it passed me flying by--
From the thunder and the storm,
And the cloud that took the form
(when the rest of Heaven was blue)
Of a demon in my view."
                                     ~Edgar Allan Poe, "Alone"

Neutral and balanced I approach my destination. Shadows dissipate quickly, for this part of my journey. I see the smiles of family and friends. Everyone is here. Everyone is welcome. My purpose is fixed because I know the utopia I desire is not guaranteed by the ether of my imagination -I focus and keep an humble faith, for I must not fail.

 

 
 
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